Here are some ways I intend to take advantage of my turning 50 on Aug.
18:
1) If a checker or die falls on the floor, I won't have to chase it any
more. I'll just say, "One of you kids go get it!"
2) If they want me to do the chouette score when there are 8 players, 7
"extras", 6 side bets, 5 beavers, 4 automatics ... and perhaps at the
end, a partridge in a pear tree? I will say, "Dang! I left my bifocals
at home! Somebody else will have to figure this out."
3) If they get too verbally abusive or generally disrespectful, I will
act snippy and tell them, "Hmmph! That's no way to talk to an elder
stateswoman!"
4) I can publish this here now, even though its a bit early, because
otherwise Ill quite likely forget!
Mary Hickey